General

Technical Clarification

Clarity on Innovation PointsApplicable to INN-1, INN-2, INN-3

Technical Clarification NumberINN-T-MUR-2266

Guidance2018-02-24

- Projects can achieve up to a total of 10 Innovation points + additional 5 SEC Innovation points* (15 in total) for:Office v1.1 submissions (in South Africa and all other African countries for which Local Context Reports have been written) - CUSTOM Tool submissions

Projects can achieve up to a total of 5 Innovation points + additional 5 SEC Innovation points* (10 in total) for (as per the Technical Manuals):

- Office v1 submissions (in South Africa and all other African countries for which Local Context Reports have been written)- Retail v1 submissions (in South Africa and all other African countries for which Local Context Reports have been written)- PEB v1 submissions (in South Africa and all other African countries for which Local Context Reports have been written)- MUR v1 submissions (in South Africa and all other African countries for which Local Context Reports have been written)

* This is in addition to a project SEC rating i.e. a project can achieve a SEC rating AND up to 5 SEC Innovation points. This is to promote and recognise the extra ordinary effort that projects go to to achieve SEC ratings.

To enable Partially Fitted Out projects to achieve As Built certification under the New Build Green Star tools, the GBCSA provide 2 compliance paths for project teams to choose from:

1. The GBCSA will allow projects extensions on Eligibility Criterion 4: Timing of Certification, until the project is fully tenanted. Each project is to submit an Eligibility/Extension Request at the appropriate time via Zendesk, detailing which spaces are not yet fitted out and what the property owner’s plan is to complete these with a proposed timeline.(This is for those projects where the remaining Tenant Fit Outs will NOT be undertaken as a continuation of the base build main contractor scope of works, as Practical Completion is technically only after the base build main contractor scope of works is complete)

2. The GBCSA will allow projects that are 80% fitted out (i.e. 80% of the UA is fitted out) to submit a legally binding Green Lease, that will form a part of any Tenant Lease and contains the correct credit criteria, to confirm that the remaining 20% will be fitted out to meet the credit criteria. The GBCSA will require a copy of the Green Lease as well as a letter from the project owner confirming that the lease will be applied to all tenancies within the 20% of UA not yet fitted out. The project is to submit the leases upon signature by the Tenant to the GBCSA (post certification). As per the current Certification Agreement, the GBCSA has the right to withdraw a certification, and the GBCSA will do this if the appropriate signed lease is not in place at the time of the completed fit out.

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Erratum Number

GEN-E-EBP1-1987

Guidance

2017-07-20

Where documentation is cross referenced, please highlight and bookmark accordingly within the required credit. Assessors/Moderators will/may not always have access to all the credits or categories within a submission.

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Technical Clarification

For Tender or Shop drawings

Technical Clarification Number

GEN00-T-MURT1-1915

Guidance2017-06-13

The GBCSA confirm that it is acceptable in terms of Green Star SA to provide either "For Tender" or "Shop drawing(s)" drawings in your Green Star SA project Design Submission.

Green Star SA awards buildings at two phases, the DESIGN and AS BUILT stage with certifications where the required criteria has been achieved of the specific rating the project has been registered for. The DESIGN stage certification awards the project team’s design as instructed to the contractor and the AS BUILT rewards the final constructed Green Star SA registered building.

Green Star SA assessors are instructed to assess buildings under ONE of these rating types (Design OR As Built), and as such the GBCSA will not accept AS BUILT documentation as part of the DESIGN submission.

(The GBCSA are happy to accept isolated cases of As Built evidence for a Design rating, but are not comfortable where this occurs on many credits because this should then have been an As Built rating.

This will be case specific, please submit your TC/CIR to the GBCSA for consideration.)

The GBCSA are not able to allow the precedent of accepting both Design and As Built documentation within one submission as this could have unintended consequences including but not limited to the following:• Confusion and complexity in assessment through the misalignment in documentation and the stage at which the documentation was produced.• The Design certification may not be a true reflection of the building’s design. I.e. projects can be awarded for designing in accordance with certification requirements even if this was not achieved in the design process.• Projects completing Design ratings after practical completion in order to submit As Built documents where the Design criteria is not met.

For this reason the GBCSA encourages project teams to register for an AS BUILT certification so as to be awarded for those instances where the project team has gone beyond their contractual obligations that were agreed upon during the DESIGN phase.

All elements of the building which are to be completed as per the Base Building Contract (which are under the direct control of the building owner, to deliver either a new building or an extensive refurbishment).

As a minimum this scope must include the following elements: · All new structural elements of the building · A complete façade / new building envelope· Central HVAC services including: completed HVAC equipment to serve common areas, risers and HVAC equipment (e.g. ducting) to within 1m of risers on tenanted floors · Building Services to all common areas and provided to within 1m of risers on tenant · Lighting to common areas · Finishes (floor coverings, wall coverings and ceilings) to common areas · Bathroom amenities · Service corridors, fire stairs and lifts

As a maximum (i.e. For projects where the final building, including fitout, is delivered within a single contract) the base building scope could include: · All structural elements of the building · A complete façade · Central HVAC services including: HVAC equipment to all areas, risers, all HVAC equipment (e.g. air, cooling and heating provisions) to entire building · Building Services to entire building · Lighting to entire building · Finishes (floor coverings, wall coverings and ceilings) to entire building · Bathroom amenities · Service corridors, fire stairs and lifts · Furniture

It is expected that the majority of projects will sit somewhere on the continuum between these scopes, and in many cases this may vary within the building depending on the agreement with individual tenants.

The project team/GSSA AP is to clearly define the project specific Base Building Scope within the General section for each submission; the defined scope must remain consistent across the entire submission.

Technical Clarification

Design Specification(s) and Short Report(s)

Technical Clarification NumberGEN00-T-OB1-1301

Guidance2016-02-22

For a design rating where product(s) have not yet been specified at the projects tender stage, a performance specification requiring that all relevant product(s) comply with the credit criteria is acceptable. Where products are yet to be confirmed/ specified, this should be stated in the short report.

This applies to the following credits in particular:

IEQ-13 Volatile Organic Compounds

IEQ-14 Formaldehyde Minimisation

MAT-8 Sustainable Timber

MAT-13 Masonry

EMI-4 Insulant ODP

Technical Clarification

As Built or Record drawings

Technical Clarification NumberGEN00-T-OB1-1205

Guidance2015-12-23

The GBCSA confirm that it is acceptable in terms of Green Star SA to provide either "As Built" or "Record" drawings in your Green Star SA project As Built Submission.

The GBCSA provides the following clarification in this regard:

The American Institute of Architects defines:Record drawings: Record drawings are prepared by the architect and reflect on-site changes the contractor noted in the as-built drawings. They are often compiled as a set of on-site changes made for the owner per the owner architect contract.

In the South African context the industry typically uses the term “As Built” drawings to describe what “Record” drawings are (as defined above), and thus both of these are acceptable when describing the status of a drawing in the title block, in the context of a Green Star SA As Built submission. Hand marked up drawings are not accepted for As Built or Record drawings in a Green Star SA submission.

Technical Clarification

Typical Floor Plan submission for multi-storey buildings - motivation

Technical Clarification NumberGEN00-T-OB1-1215

Guidance2015-07-15

In line with TCE GEN0_T-OB1-446 (issued on 2012-05-22), projects making use of typical layouts or floor plans need to provide a motivation. The GBCSA provides the following clarification with regards to the motivation required:

Project teams are to motivate that their typical layouts are representative of the rest of the building by indicating that the equipment used in the typical layouts will be used in a similar fashion throughout (same HVAC system, no significant variation in fitting types, similar density of fittings, outlets etc.) and referencing other project documentation like specifications, tenant lease specifications and equipment/lighting schedules that are consistent with what has been indicated on the typical layout. Where there might be a significant change in density of equipment (e.g. influencing air flow rates adjacent to highly glazed areas, highly cellular spaces) – it is to be demonstrated that this is accounted for in the typical layouts or the inputs in to the relevant credit adjusted based on a conservative quantified manner.

Credit Interpretation Request

Base Building

Credit Interpretation Request NumberGEN00-T-MR1-0603

Ruling2012-11-12

(SUPERSEDED by GEN00-T-OB1-1384 from 2016-04-18)

Technical Clarification

As built documentation for a Design submission

Technical Clarification NumberGEN00-T-MR1-0566

Guidance2012-09-11

(SUPERSEDED by GEN00-T-OB1-1541 from 2016-08-12)

Credit Interpretation Request

Contractual Documents and Appendices

Credit Interpretation Request NumberGEN-T-MR1-505

Ruling2012-06-07

For the purposes of Green Star SA, where Green Star SA criteria, benchmarks and/or conditions are required to be contained in contractual documents; it is acceptable that these criteria, benchmarks and/or conditions are contained in Appendices to the principal contract document, given that the conditions and the Appendices in which they are contained, are clearly referenced in the principal contract document.